Local Produce

It’s finally June, and that means local produce is starting to fill the aisles at your Heinen’s. Ohio and Illinois farms are beginning to harvest their early-season crops and things are looking very green with lots of lettuce, kale and more. It’s the perfect time for fresh summer salads! We’ll be keeping you updated on...

The season for Ohio and Illinois grown peaches is finally here and we're bringing the very best of the orchards right to you everyday at Heinen's. This summer, after back-to-back years of sparse availability due to severely cold winters and frost damage, the resilient mid-west peach crop is once again thriving thanks to a mild winter and recent...

We used to have a nice little garden in our first home back in Washington, PA. We grew zucchini, tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli and pumpkins, but the zucchini was by far the most prolific. As a result, on many a summer night we ate heavenly fresh zucchini from the garden. And this is how we ate...

Always support local farmers. That's our philosophy. From the very beginning, we've made it a point to seek out and establish relationships with local growers and farmers to ensure that, during the growing season our produce departments are packed with the best produce grown in our backyards. To this day, we take great pride in our ever-expanding selection of locally grown...

Earlier this year while presenting at the Mid-Ohio Growers Conference Terry Romp, Heinen's Produce Buyer, had an idea... Let's give a group of Amish Produce Growers a tour of our Stores and Produce Warehouse Last Wednesday, about 50 Amish growers made the trip from Wayne County to tour our stores and get a sneak-peak into the produce operation...

Heinen's is committed to bringing our customers local produce from multiple sources, and one of those sources is the County Line Produce Auction. This auction is held three times a week and features fresh, just picked fruit and vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, melons and much more. The majority of produce sold at the auction is...